diff --git a/etc/initsystem/safe-reload.cmake b/etc/initsystem/safe-reload.cmake
index 0cba415d0..6bcf6c00f 100644
--- a/etc/initsystem/safe-reload.cmake
+++ b/etc/initsystem/safe-reload.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if [ ! -e "$ICINGA2_PID_FILE" ]; then
 fi
 
 pid=`cat "$ICINGA2_PID_FILE"`
-if ! kill -HUP "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if ! "$DAEMON" internal signal --sig SIGHUP --pid "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	echo "Error: Icinga not running"
 	exit 7
 fi
diff --git a/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake b/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
index f0a9e59ae..a635301ae 100644
--- a/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
+++ b/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	missingok
 	notifempty@LOGROTATE_CREATE@
 	postrotate
-		/bin/kill -USR1 $(cat @ICINGA2_INITRUNDIR@/icinga2.pid 2> /dev/null) 2> /dev/null || true
+		@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SBINDIR@/icinga2 internal signal --sig SIGUSR1 --pid "$(cat @ICINGA2_INITRUNDIR@/icinga2.pid 2> /dev/null)" 2> /dev/null || true
 	endscript
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/cli/internalsignalcommand.cpp b/lib/cli/internalsignalcommand.cpp
index b98e6c621..201a5119c 100644
--- a/lib/cli/internalsignalcommand.cpp
+++ b/lib/cli/internalsignalcommand.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ int InternalSignalCommand::Run(const boost::program_options::variables_map& vm,
 		return kill(vm["pid"].as<int>(), SIGCHLD);
 	if (signal == "SIGHUP")
 		return kill(vm["pid"].as<int>(), SIGHUP);
+	if (signal == "SIGUSR1")
+		return kill(vm["pid"].as<int>(), SIGUSR1);
 
 	Log(LogCritical, "cli") << "Unsupported signal \"" << signal << "\"";
 #else